Clown Bar
written by Adam Szymkowicz
directed by Julia Hinson
April 3-12, 2026
Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm -- Sunday, April 12: 2:00pm
Mon., April 6: 7:30pm
No performance Sunday, April 5.
TheatreWorks at The Square
2085 Monroe Ave. Memphis, TN 38104
Clown Bar is recommended for mature audiences because of stylized violence, adult language, and cartoonish criminal activity.
The audience is encouraged to dress as their own clown persona when coming to the Clown Bar!
Step into the seedy, smoky underworld where clowns gather when the greasepaint fades and the spotlight goes dark. Clown Bar is a dark comedy that blends crime noir with slapstick absurdity. Full of colorful characters, sharp dialogue, and outrageous antics, it’s an immersive play that pulls the audience right into the gritty world of clown gangsters, love, and betrayal.
Cast
HAPPY MAHONEY:
BOBO:
TIMMY:
DUSTY:
BLINKY FATALE:
GIGGLES:
SHOTGUN McGHEE:
PETUNIA:
TWINKLES:
POPO:
Swings:
Lymonté Thomas
Kashief Crain
Kawika Friskillo
Joe Johnson
Lauren Larson
Ben Pierce
Josh Coleman
Kate Peckham
Cory Webb
Emma Olson
JT Icarus, Michelle Malone
Production Team
Director:
Stage Manager:
Assistant Director:
Clowning Consultant:
Production Manager:
Technical Director:
Set Designer:
Lighting Designer:
Costume Designer:
Composer:
Sound Designers:
Props Designer/Set Dresser:
Intimacy Coordinator:
Variety Show Coordinator:
LoneTree Live Marketing Manager:
Promo Photos:
Production Photos:
LoneTree Live Exec. Producer:
Box Office/Bar/Logistics:
Julia Hinson
J-Lavender
Justin Burgess
Sandy Kozik
Kristen Fisher
Andrew Glenn
Julia Hinson
Jeremy Allen Fisher
Ashley Whitten Kopera
Joe Johnson
Julia Hinson, Aliza Moran, Kristen Fisher
Aliza Moran
Joy Brooke Fairfield
JT Icarus
Amy Rush
Marya Paolillo
Sean Moore
Julia Hinson
LoneTree Live board members,
volunteers
VARIETY SHOW PERFORMERS: Patty Carraras, Daiya Nysus, Michelle Malone, Moxie Macabre, Ben Pierce
Featuring: Clover, Faline, Nova Kane, Pansi Dandi, Polly Popjoy, Katy Stanfield, Pandora Succubust
Support the Clown Bar cast by contributing to the LoneTree Live Actor Fund. We are working to offer a stipend to all artists, including actors, who help create our productions because we prioritize all artists we work with. And we are committed to raising those stipends over time. We especially recognize the immense time, craft, and emotional labor actors bring to every production, and we believe it is essential to center their well-being and ensure their contributions are honored in tangible ways.
LoneTree Live is approaching this from many directions. We are writing grants, soliciting sponsors and introducing a new ticket tier in which YOU, the audience, can contribute. When you purchase your tickets to Clown Bar, you will see our regular ticket price of $20 as well as an additional price point of $25. When you purchase the $25 price, $5 will go directly to the Actor Fund. We hope our community will rally around this initiative and help support arguably THE MOST important piece of any production … the actors!
“Clown Bar” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Set entirely in a dive bar for clowns, this show is a fast-paced mashup of hard-boiled detective drama and outrageous theatrical comedy, where balloon animals and backroom deals go hand-in-hand.
To start the evening, the world of Clown Bar comes to life with a live variety show, featuring chaotic barroom flair like clown acts, drag and other specialty performances.
Select tickets include onstage café seating, placing you right inside Clown Bar itself. You won’t just watch the action … you’ll be part of the atmosphere.
Arrive when the bar opens at 7pm (1:30 Sunday) to grab your drink and clown around with us before the main event begins!
In Adam Szymkowicz’s wildly offbeat noir comedy, a former clown-turned-private-detective is dragged back into the seedy clown underworld he thought he escaped. His mission: investigate the suspicious death of his brother -- a case that leads straight to the infamous Clown Bar.
